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The El Reno Daily Tribune
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El Reno, Oklahoma, Sunday, September 2, IMS
OP) MEANS ASSOCIATED PRESS
Volume 54, No. 168
stored to War-Ravaged World Today
Japanese Sign Surrender Terms in Tokyo Bay
rk Force—Past, Present, Future
4,000,000 employed—
ncludino 11 million
n armed forces—overage
wokly wage, $47.16
■ '
43,000,000
mo
.....** ft
Mine $84 question for congress is "How can the nation's workers
spt fully employed after reconversion dislocations are over and the
. settles down to peacetime routine?" There will have to be Jobs
in estimated 53.000.000. according to a report, based on a two-
survey, by the committee for economic development. The chart
e shows how America's normal work force, increased by more
50 percent during the war years, will shrink next year.
p Prison
jrrors Told
Cruelties Inflicted
In American Troops
>ARD HOSPITAL 8 H I P
VOLENCE. TOKYO i, BAY.
1—(UJJi—At least XUfJQ ul
9,000 troops in the far east
i outbreak of war have died,
of them in prison camps
bodies were cremated on
and Japanese doctors con-
sadistic "medical expert-
," two American doctors re-
today.
doctors. liberated from
near Tokyo by American oc-
on troops, were Dr. Mitck
rd Gottlieb, New York City,
■ed on Guam in December
and Dr. Harold W. Keschner,
York City, captured on Bat-
y listed the following among
nany cruelties Inflicted on
prisoners:
Palling to treat alllied fliers
gular prisoners and subject-
lem to sueli tortures as jab-
splintcrs under their finger-
in a fruitless effort to get
ry information
Wounds Set Ablaze
Pouring small amounts of in-
like powder Into open wounds
hen setting It afire, leavin'
ictlms horribly disfigured.
Injecting mixtures of bile
id from gall bladders and
ink) tubercular patients in
.pertinent to find a cure for
ulosLs.
Subjecting prisoners to end-
nental torture, such as re-
ig the phrase “Very soon all
u will be In a small box''—
ing to the Japanase practice
nnating the dead and putting
shes in a small box.
Cremating the bodies of ai-
arltoners in spits over open
Only 7,00$ Survive
lleb. who spent almost the
war in prison camps, estl-
I that not more than 7,000
were alive of the 30.000 who
"teed the U. S. army forces
e far east at the start If
wr. Although many of those
died on Bataan and otner
Helds, he estimated that
lands" of others died in pri-
■»P*
sstd he was unable to estl-
how many additional thous-
of soldiers, sailors, marines
airmen who arrived later tn
Pacific also died In prison
>.
chner. who was Imprisoned
snths In the Philippines and
was transferred to Japan
lied that 5,000 men alone
In Philippines camps.
$Meb r-'d that American
got “special treatment.'* both
civilians who often beat and
»d them after they berachut-
ito Japan and by officials
tortured them for Informs-
Fair Promises
To Be Largest
Conducted Here
Winners Will Share
15 Percent Increase
In Premium Awards
The Canadian county 4-H and
FFA fair to be held Saturday, j
Sept. 15, at 7 egiou park promises j
to be the largest yet conducted!
here, with a blanket Increase of:
15 percent to be added to all ;
premium awards.
Officers and directors for this
year’s fair include Wade McCann, '
manager; Miss Margaret Edsel,
secretary 4-H girls; Riley Tarver, j
secretary 4-H boys; M. J. Rob- i
ertson, secretary FFA boys; and
H. M. Woods, secretary.
Superintendents for tire various
events are M. J. Robertson,
grounds; Louise McWethy, can-
ning; Jean Claire Fry, home im-
provement; Neola Maxine Shultz,
clothing; Vivian Courtney, food
preparation; Mrs. Frank Blanc,
poultry; M. A. Brattln, crops; E.
O. Jeffrey, beef cattle; J. Hub-
ert Smith, swine; Marion Watson,
sheep; and Cecil Matthews, dairy, i
Rules Announced
Several of the rules and regu- i
lations governing entries are as |
follows:
Any regularly enroled 4-H club j
member may make entries. To be j
eligible to exhibit any class in
the show an FFA boy must have !
expressed to his instructor his I
Intention to carry a project in thut J
enterprise by Aug. 1.
Any FFA member or other boy
taking vocational agriculture shall
be eligible to compete in the judg-i
tag contest.
Four-H club members and FFA (
members will compete together In J
all cases with tire exception of j
collective exhibits, for which spe- j
clal classes have been made for ’
each group.
For 4-H club members to be
eligible for winning premiums lis-
ted In the catalog they must sub- ‘
mit regular yearly report fonns to
the county office as soon as their
Nov. i
Downey Urging
Higher Pensions
Plight of Millions
‘Tragic and Pitiful’
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 —«UA>—
Senator Sheridan Downey (Demo-
crat. California) today asked am-
endment of die Jobs-for-all bill to
pledge the government to increase
old-age pensions.
Downey told the senate banking
committee there are now nearly
18,000.000 persons over 60 who, "gen-
erally speaking, in a year or two
will find it almost impossible to
tind any Jobs at all.” The piight of
millions ol them, lie said, is “tragic
and pitiful."
Under the present system of pen-
sions (or those 65 and over, he said,
"we apparently just want them to
starve to death."
The California senator followed
Reconversion Director John W. Sny-
der in testimony on Hie proposed
full employment bill.
Downey drew support from Sen-
ator Robert A. Taft iRepublican.
Ohio) ranking Republican member
of tlie committee. Tail said the
present pension system "is not ade-
quate at all" and lie considers the . . ,
problem of the old age group "inti- 'lve?tock d,vls,on8 must * place
mately related" to the goal of full J a' ,n'
employment. He said lie was con-
Did You Hear
rpwo El Reno airmen, and one
from Calumet, who recently
completed tours of duty In the
European theater of operations,
have reported to the San An-
tonio, Tex., district of the army
air forces personnel distribution
command for processing and
reassignment. They are Master
Sergeant Ernest 8. Mulanax, 406
South Hoff avenue, who was
overseas 35 months; First Lieut-
enant Robert L. Waldo, 1003
South Barker avenue, who was
overseas 17 months; and First
Liuetenant Morris A. Day, Cal-
umet, who was overseas nine
months. Mulanax wears the
Bronze Star medal; Waldo holds
the air medal with eight clusr
ters, the presidential unit cit-
ation and the E7FO ribbon with
six stars; and Day has the air
medal with seven clusters and
the ETO ribbon with four stars.
-o-
Private First Class Joseph W.
Offield, 713 South Hadden ave-
nue, who served overseas 40
months with the medical de-
partment, was Included in a
group of veterans arriving at
Miami, Fla., during the past
week enroute to their homes.
Offield, whose overseas service
culminated in Germany, wears
the ETTO ribbon with five battle
stars.
-o-
Corporal Ary J. Jones, of 308
South Barker avenue, is a mem-
ber of the 4337th quartermaster,
sterilization company of the
first airborne army occupying
Berlin, which helped to operate
and administer the American
section of the Big Three con-
ference area at Potsdam. Jones’
unit was commanded by Pres-
ident Truman during his stay
at the conference.
Club Workshop
Is Conducted
Assistance Given
On Record Books
project work Is completed. Nov. ] Miss Alice Carlson, assistant 4-H
1 is the final date that these re- j club leader from the extension
ports will be' accepted. ’ | division of Oklahoma A. a-id M.
Livestock exhibitors are expected college, Stillwater, conducted a 4-H
to accompany their livestock to; club workshop in El Reno Satur-
the show, care for and exhibit day for 25 Canadian county club
same, and only in cases reported ! members.
before the opening of tile show j This workshop, held for the older
will any special privileges be gran- and more advanced 4-H club girls,
ted to the exhibitor. was for the purpose of giving in-
dividual assistance to members in
Hours Specified
Exhibits in crops, poultry and j the compilation of their > eai ly
girls’ work must be In place by record books and the completion
10 a. m. Sept. 15. Entries In'of"them in time for fall Judging.
sldcr.ng an amendment hi this con-
nection.
Tlie bill would set up machinery
through which tin* government
would seek to assure employment
for everyone willing and nble to
work.
Downey proposed two amend-
ments. One would make it the "re-
sponsibility" of the federal gov-
ernment to provide old-age pen-
sions sufficient to "maintain a de-
cent and healthful standard of liv-
ing."
Tlie otiier would direct that sueli
a plan be included in tlie presi-
dent's annual Job budget to congress.
Baker Acquires
Entire Property
Murray W. Baker lias purchased
the Interest of E G. Courtney hi
the Courtney and Baker service
station, 120 South Choctaw ave-
nue, and plans to operate the
station under the name of the
Baker service station.
Courtney, who has been engaged
In business in El Reno the past
21 years, is leaving E3 Reno be-
cause of Ul health. He and Mrs.
Courtney, who have maintained
their home at 1011* West Wade
street, plan to leave soon to make
their home oa the west coast.
by
All entries in breeding classes
of livestock will be governed by
tlie same entry rules as Oklahoma
state fair, as foUows: “All en-
tries must be registered and re-
corded by a mognized breed as-
sociation in tlie name of the ex-
hibitor at least 30 days prior to
the opening date of the fair."
Registration certificate must be
presented to the superintendent of
the department at the time of ar-
rival or on demand.
Three animals may be shown in
any of the Uvestock classes. The
same animals cannot be exhibited
In both breeding and fattening
phases. Entries in poultry are
limited to two trios in any one
variety. Only one entry may be
made in each class by one Individ-
ual In crops department to com-
pete for prizes. In livestock and
dairy classes, where the number of
entries are less than tlie number
of premiums offered, the total
amount of money available In that
lot wUl be proportionate amount
that the actual entries are to the
number of premiums offered.
WILDERSON ON LEAVE
Seaman Second Class Duane L.
Wllderson, son of Mr. and Mra.
F. L. Wllderson, 623 West Hayes
street. Is spending a leave with
his parents after oompiftliM his
boot training with the navy at
Ban Diego. Calif. Re will report
back to Ban Diego for further
assignment at the end of his leave.
Firms Join In
Taining Setup
For Veterans
McGill Is Appointed
Certifying Agent
To Make Inspections
Sixteen local business establish-
ments already have made applica-
tion to train one or more war
veterans In the on-the-job train-
ing program authorized by the C1l
bill of rights. It was announced
Saturday by C. L. McOUl, director
of' vocational education and diver-
sified occupations In El Reno
highschool, who has been appointed
as the local certifying agent rep-
resenting the veterans training
program.
In making inspection reports lor
all business establtslunents seeking
to participate in the training pro-
gram. McGill will be required to
work out a training outline, stating
the amount of time for each unit
or block of instruction, and the
employer must sign two copies of
the training agreement.
Firms Are Listed
Establishments which have made
application to participate In the
un-thc-job training of veterans are
Canadian Lumber company, Fire-
stone store, Mallonee Music com-
pany, Crystal Laundry and Clean-
ers, Cole’s Electric company. Tanner
Electric company, Band-Box clean-
ers. Brownie's Flying school. Re-
liable shoe shop. Laird Hardware
company, Freeman grocery, El Reno
Parts company, Frederickson Tire
company, EH Reno hatchery, and
W. R. Buckner hardware com-
pany.
' |* All business' establishments which
can qualify are privileged to take
part in the veterans training pro-
gram, McGill said.
McGill was designated to serve
as local certifying agent by Milt
Phillips, state director of veterans
assistance.
To Authorise Payments
Applications of business estab-
lishments desiring to participate
in tiie program are approved or
rejected by the state accrediting
agency. If the applicant is ap-
proved, tlie agreement to train on-
the-Job is completed in tlie office
of tlie state department of veterans
affairs and forwarded to the ap-
plicant firm. At the same time,
the veterans administration is
notified that tlie firm has been
approved as of the date jf the
inspection and approval. Any
applicant veterans are at that time
eligible to begin receiving their
payment for subsistence from the
veterans administration.
Business establishments desiring
to participate, as well as veterans
who are Interested In tlie on-tlie-
job training program, may obtain
Doomed To Die
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This German woman, Margaret Witzler, raises her hand to htr
head in despair after being sentenced to death in Darmstadt, Oar-
many, for participation In tlie murder of six American airmen In the
town of Russelshelin. Six other Germans also were given death penal-
ties for the murders. (N1SA Telephoto.)
Stunned Bride
Makwf)ecision
Radiogram la Sent
To First Husband
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Bept. 1—CU.R)
—Mrs. Ann Blrdwell-Marshall, 19,
Those attending worked on these
record books during the day under
the supervision and guidance of
Miss Carlson.
^’!-reC°rd-.b?°k-?f C‘“b detailed'*'i7ifonnaUon upon"'contact-'
ing McGill at ills office In the
member consists of a detailed re-
cord of all work done during the
year, with a summary of work and
activities. A 4-H girl’s record book
contains such divisions as home
improvement, clothing, food pre-
servation, food preparation, yard
Improvement, gardening. insect
highschool building.
Yukon Man Has
Narrow Escape
SSf*.h^:. ” c^dwith oZ
Proclamation Of
Y-JDaylrMade
Truman Speaks Over
Globe-Circling Hookup
WASHINGTON, Sept. l-'/P) —
President Truman tonight pro-
claimed Sunday, Sept. 2, as V-J llavln* chosen her fllst Husband.
, . , . , ,, , | isald today she would file suit for
day—for Japan a day of retri- , . , ,
' ^ annulment of tier second marriage
button," for America and tlie world next weelt and hurried a radiogram
a day of of tlie "victory ol liberty 0ft to her first mate advising him
over tyranny." of her decision.
Mr. Truman spoke <• ver a globe- i Caught in the Enoch Arden web
girdling radio hookup that linked of circumstance, the pretty blond
tlie White House with Tokyo! woman decided slic'd stick to the
where, abourd the great battleship , man who came back from the living
Missouri Just off tlie enemy eapi- dead of a Jap prison camp after the
tal, Japan abjectly signed the terms jwar department declared him dead,
of her surrender. Today she fired a second message
And to the occasion the president to Staff Sergeant Gene D. Blrdwell,
attributed a fourfold significance; ;21, aboard the evacuation ship
1. For tliis country—a day for Reeves In Tokyo bay.
"renewed consecration to tlie prill- j happy you're alive," she
clples which have made us the WI0(e “Married 12 days to Jack
strongest nation on earth and Marshall. Forgive me. Getting
which, in tills war, we have striven j al-nuiment. Please answer. Love,
so mightily to preserve." Ann ••
i. For Japan—an end of ' pow- | restfrc)ay th„ day after the ,mp_
er to destroy and kill. py but stlmning news_ she cabled
“Bright New Era" Blrdwell, telling him of the mar-
3 For the world—a bright new riage to Marshall, 32, his unde, and
era of hope for "peace and in- saying she’d wait until lie returned
ternational good will ami coop- j to make up her mind,
eration.” She had no answer yet. But she
4. For history—the day of for- Hoped that her message today would
mal surrender by Japan. ! arrive before or even with yester-
"We shall not forget Pearl Har- ! day's message. She'd made up her
Enemy's Dream
Of Empire Ends
On Solemn Note
Wainwright, Percival
Witness Ceremony
On U. S. Battleship
ABOARD U. S. B. MISSOURI,
TOKYO BAY, Sept. 3 —(Sunday)—
(/P)—Japan surrendered formally and
unconditionally to the allies today,
restoring pesee to a war-ravaged
world.
The solemn ceremony, marking
the first defeat in Japan's 3,606-
year-old semi-legendary - history,
took place Aboard this mighty bat-
tleship with 13 signatures which
required only a few minutes to
affix to the articles of surrender.
The bloody Pacific contact had
entered Its eighth year In China
and had raged almost three years
and nine months for the United
States and Orest Britain.
Surrounded by the might of the
United States navy and army, and
under the eyes of the American and
British commanders they so ruth-
lessly defeated In the Philippines
and Malaya, the Japanese represen- s
tattves quietly made the marks jnx
paper which ended the bloody’’Pa-
cific conflict.
On behalf of Bmperqr' Hh-ohlte,
Foreign Minister Mamoru Shige-
mlttu signed for the government
and General Yoahljtro txmesh for
the Imperial general staff.
MaeAiihw Aeeepta
General MacArthur then accent-
ed In behalf of the united nation*,
declaring:
pings and letters, and original
material.
Each year outstanding 4-H club
members submit their record books
to Miss Margaret Edsel. home
demonstration agent, at the coun-
ty agent's office, and winners are
selected to be sent to Stillwater
to compete for state and national
awards. Oct. 1 has been set as
a few minor cuts in an automobile
mishap which occurred near Clare-
more at about 5 p. m. Saturday,
the stite highway patrol reported.
Harris was driving on state high-
way 88 five miles southeast of
Claremore when his vehicle flipped
over on Its side, skidded along the
road for a distance of 378 feet and
then overturned three times, Pa-
the Canadian county Judging date, , ... _ . .
when winners In the county contest.. tr^“n Bm Smith reported,
will be awarded gold medals, as'
The automobile was demolished,
well as the opportunity of having the patrolman said, but Harris' few
their record books entered in high- i cut* were not serious enough to re-
er competitions.
Huntress Is Released
From Duty in Navy
Howard W. Huntress, 44, gun-
ner’s mate first class in the navy,
whose wife resides at 107 North
Donald avenue, has been honorably
discharged from the navy.
Huntress enlisted in April 1943
and served 36 months overseas.
He was given his discharge at
the eighth naval district head-
quarters in New Orleans, La.
IMPROVING SLOWLY
Mrs. J. D. Rlnderhagen, who un-
derwent a major operation tn the
hospital at Halftead. Kan., last
week, is reported as improving slow-
ly at her home southwest of El Reno.
Jackson and Lorenzen
Stationed in Oklahoma
Technical Sergeant Gordon Jack-
son and First Lieutenant Haro
F. Lorenzen, both of whom re-
turned to their homes tn E3 Reno
last June to spend 60-day furloughs
after being released from prisoner
of war camps in Germany, have
been assigned to duty In Okla-
homa.
Sergeant Jackson, serving In the
army air forces, now is stationed
at the Enid air base, after report-
ing to Miami Beach, Fla., for re-
assignment, while lieutenant Lor-
ensen. serving In the field artil-
lery, now Is stationed at Fort sill,
after reporting to Hot Springs,
Ark., for reassignment to duty.
quire medical attention. The patrol
I headquarters reported Harris was
i being detained at Claremore Sat-
| urday night for further Investlga-
: tion.
Draft Board Announces
Four More Inductions
Four selective sendee iwglstn
brants from Canadian oounty were
inducted into the army Aug. 39.'
the local draft board announced
Saturday. ,
The latest group to enter the
army Included John Irvin Wssh-
echeck. Ernest James Rooaptes,
Harold Lee Branch and Lloyd Im
Sullivan.
Jack Lanell Sinclair was Inducted
into the army at Los Angelas,
Calif,, on Aug- 10, the local board
announced.
bor," he said.
"Hie Japanese militarists will not
forget the U. S. S. Missouri.
‘The evil done by the Japanese
war lords never can be repaired
hind last night. She met with an at-
torney today at her home—she was
afraid to leave because Gene might
answer.
Out of the meeting came the de-
or forgotten. But the power to \ clsion to file the annulment pro-
destroy and kill has been taken ceedlng as soon as possible next
from them. Their annies anc\ week.
what Is left of their navy are now 1 She'd married Marshall 10 month
Impotent.” .after Blrdwell was reported ktlle
For this event of mingled sol- .10 actlon as a« a«lal gunner ove
emnlty and Joy, Mr. Truman ln. |Ballkpapan.
vttad members of the cabinet to ** annulment, she said, seeme
sit with him ln the broadcast' ‘he only solution of her two-hus
room on the first floor of the1 band prob!fm-
White House where Japan once j
haughtily boasted she would die-;
tate surrender terms.
Emphasis on Sacrifices
There was little of gloating or
elation ln the president's address.
Rather there was sober emphasis
on what victory has cost atnd!
what It will mean.
"Our first thoughts now,” tlie
president said, “are thoughts of 1
gratefulness and deep obligation'
to those killed or maimed ln hls-
tory’s most terrible war. and of i
their .loved ones.
"Ony the knowledge that the
victory which these sacrifices have
made pr—lble will be wisely used,
ean give than any coinfort. It Is
our responsibility, ours—the living
—to see to It that this victory:
■hall be a monument worthy of <
the dead who died to win It." I
The Daily Tribune
To Observe Holiday
There will be no edition of
The Dally Tribune on Monday,
Sept 3. since the newspaper
tlong with other business houses
will close In observance of La-
bor day.
After Sunday morning's Issue,
the next regular edition of The
Tribune will be published at the
usual time Tuesday afternoon.
All public offices and the ma-
jority of private business estab-
lishments will be closed all day
Monday. There will be no regular
mall deliver!** made Monday and
windows at the postoffice will be
closed for the day.
the hope of all mankind that from
this solemn oocasion a bettor world
•hall emerge out of the blood and
carnage of the past.”
One by one the allied representa-
tive* stepped forward and signed
the document that blighted Japan's
dream of empire built on bloodshed
end tyranny.
First was Admiral Chester W.
Nimitz for the United States, then
the representatives of China, the
United Kingdom, Russia. Australia,
Canada, France, Netherlands and
New Zealand.
The flags of tlie United States,
Britain, Russia and China fluttered
from the veranda deck of the
famed super-dreadnaught, polished
and scrubbed as never before.
More than 100 high-ranking mili-
tary and naval officers watched.
Firm Purpose Announced
"As supreme commander for the
allied powers,” MacArthur told
the Japanese, “I announce it my
firm purpose in the tradition of
the countries I represent to pro-
ceed in the discharge of my res- *
ponslbllltles with justice and tol-
erance, while taking all necessary
dispositions to Insure that the
terms of surrender are fully,
promptly and faithfully complied
with.”
After tlie last signature had been
affixed, MacArthur turned and pre-
sented the surrender pens to Lieu-
tenant General Jonathan M.
Wainwright, hero of Corregidor,
and Lieutenant General A. E. Per-
cival, British defender of Singa-
pore when it was overrun by the
Japanese.
All through this dtamatlc half-
hour, only those aboard the bat-
tleship knew of what was trans-
piring because the Missouri has
no broadcasting facilities. But re-
cordings were rushed to the near-
by communications ship Ancon,
and the solemn words of MacAr-
thur beginning the ceremony—"We
are gathered heret representatives
of the major warring powers"—
were flashed around the world
The hour for which all liberty-
loving lands the world over had
awaited for long and terrible
years was at hand—V-J day was
here.
Stevens Retires From
Postal Service Here
Edward J. Stevens, 1017 East
Cavanaugh street, ended over 32
years of employment with the
postal service ln El Reno with his
retirement on Aug. 31. He be-
came affiliated with the postoff Ice
here April 33. 1913.
Stevens had been the mail car-
rier on city route 3 rinse It was
eriehllahed In May 1917. This route
Includes the territory from Ember
avenue seat through Fair ertritera
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